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Whistleblower. Soldier of record. I write what institutions prefer forgotten.

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@ApostleDeza Former president Zuma's interest and involvement long ago ceased to be casual. By now he ought to be treated as a person of interest; if not an outright suspect.

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@moloko_flo @tumisole Love is, the truth is most of this rot unfolded under the supposedly watchful eyes of the very sanctimonious voices preaching today. What you're hearing now is careerism, not courage. If accountability meant anything, more than a few would fall on their swords.

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@MediaZaban865 @mmodiba10 Modiba's work is brave, yes; but Mhlongo's hero-worship forgets history. It was Gillian Schutte who exposed Mabel Jansen's racist rants and ended her judicial tenure. South African journalism has never needed self-anointed "godfathers," only courage and evidence.

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@ZungulaVuyo The three-month rule is a norm, not a constitutional command. The delay deserves scrutiny, yes; but missing an internal standard is not a violation of the democratic order. Precision matters.

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@DeliaByliefeldt Reading The Nameless Crime by Molefi Ramoea would disabuse Delia of the idea that her ordeal rests on race. Criminality from the bench is colour-blind; the pathology runs deeper than pigment.

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@HermanMashaba It's quite simple, Mr Mashaba. Authorities don't know who ordered the hit. The men convicted signed a plea-and-sentence deal that shields them from naming the mastermind. Until that wall breaks, the truth remains sealed.

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@Sowetan1981 @Sthezozo At the rate our generals now air their views; and the manner in which they do, one would be forgiven for wondering whether civilian control is as secure as we assume. Coups don't begin with tanks at State House; they begin with a shift in tone.

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@HistorySAZAR @jfjoubert 'And your method of death can itself be a politicizing thing'; Biko could not have known how uncannily that line would echo through the circumstances of his own killing. History has a brutal way of proving its prophets right.

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@TimesLIVE Mr Zuma's travel to Moscow only heightens concern. If he met the foreign minister or was "blue-ticked," his fingerprints are all over this saga; making him a proper subject of police interest. And whatever the spin, this is parallel diplomacy exactly as Parliament warned.

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@Simon_Sithole20 No, sir. Capital Inn is owned by a God-fearing, Afrikaans-speaking former SAA senior captain. Facts must anchor our debates; not assumptions.

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@JvanLogg With respect, the "star-struck" narrative is lazy. Fairness isn't glorification of crime, and insisting on due process isn't hero-worship. Only a lynch mob mistakes justice for admiration.

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@MbalulaFikile With respect, Mr Mbalula knows Sunday World doesn't sit in ANC leadership meetings. Its stories come from quislings inside those rooms. That's where his ire properly belongs; not at journalists reporting what his own comrades leak.

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@wicks_jeff @karynmaughan Why feign surprise when a flawed character rises this far? We watched a Chief Justice Maya panel shortlist an advocate who'd even nominated himself to the bench. The system has been signalling its own permissiveness for a while now.

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@DereleenJ If "appreciation fees" is a polite euphemism for the pin-money some men leave after casual encounters; Mavuso, as it's called in parts of Pretoria; then the remark risks being more insulting than intended. It lands as crass, even if inadvertently so.

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@DereleenJ This may well be the beginning of the Matlala mob's unravelling. Even when motives sound noble, unlawful means always betray the cause. In the end, they alienate the very communities they claim to defend; people who can still tell right from wrong.

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@LeratoPillayZA If the ANC in Jhb snatches "Dudula agenda," then we've got to the point where a party flirts with what the High Court has already branded unlawful and xenophobic. You can't denounce vigilantes in law and then borrow their script in politics; that's not strategy, it's decay.

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@tidoo Nothing in the reporting diminishes Duduzile's role; it deepens it. If she indeed saw the recruits after they landed in Russia, her involvement shifts from political folly to direct proximity to a trafficking chain. The stakes for her are far heavier than her defenders claim.

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@eNCA Russia has no emotional investment in South Africa's internal dramas.
Teixeira's point is simple: Moscow trades in interests, not loyalties. Those invoking Russia as patron or political shield are projecting fantasies. When the law closes in, Russia won't arrive. It never does.

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@LandNoli @PetersWonderboy Remarkable that the PKTT spent nearly five hours in parley with Matlala after his family had just been roughed up; 'speaking about many people.' There's clearly far more intrigue beneath the surface, and only a criminal court can untangle it.

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@PublicSafetyMMC @EFFGautengProv @EFFSouthAfrica @MTshwaku @Abramjee @SABCNews @SABCNews_Radio @Powerfm987 @KayaNews @CityofJoburgZA @JoburgMPD In fairness to the dearly departed, his legacy includes conceiving and overseeing Operation Nightlife; not Buya Mthetho. Those weekly night-time operations did contribute to making the City safer.🇿🇦🫡